Saturday, April 13, 2013

Five Things

I refuse to let this blog go another day without a post!! I will not let a whole year pass without writing something, anything! For the sake of no creativity or recent pictures on my computer to post this is the best I could do for the time being.

Top Five Things you Should Know About the Last Year...
1. We have moved. Twice. We are currently embracing vintage living. Our house was built around 1930. My bathroom (the only one we have) was not even original on this house. My washer and dryer are my counter tops in my kitchen. I can tell you are all jealous! But really, it works. We make it work. I love my front porch and the sunsets over the corn fields!!

2. Presley is at a new school that has a swimming pool. She absolutely loves swimming every day and I love that she might be out of floaties by this summer. Her teachers are great and treat her like family. She is still on the small side but as far as health concerns there are none at this time.

3. Triston will be 12 in just a month. I am trying to wrap my thoughts around the fact that he will be a teenager in a year. He is all wrapped up in baseball season and looking forward to trying out for the basketball team at his school in a few weeks.

4. Daniel has been through 12 months of barber school, passed his boards, and is currently fading guys up at a salon here in town. He has been working for 3 months now and he so loves it. He has definitely found his niche.

5. We are serving in several areas at church. We have been from the children's ministry, to nursery age, to the youth group. We love being in the youth services on Wednesday nights. These kids are pressing in for more of God and we love seeing it! I am taking on a class on Sunday mornings full of 3 year olds. I winged it last week due to some teachers cancelling and God just filled me heart with smiles from these kiddos! It is great seeing God move at our church!

Well, that is a very generic run-down of the last 12 months. There is so much more I could share, I'm sure. But for now I will just vow to get some more post going up soon!

About Me

Our family began a little unusual, I suppose. Daniel and I met a whopping 9 years ago when Triston (his son) was almost 2 years old. We have since got married, in September of 2007. I love, love, love my early fall wedding! It was amazing!! The man I married is amazing, too. We had to learn quickly how to be newlyweds and new parents at the same time. Triston has grown up so much in my years with him. I call him mine, just without the hours of labor attached! He has my heart. We have recently been blessed with our own precious gift. Presley was born in February of 2009. When she was two months old we found out that she was born with a heart defect. Ventricular Septal Defect to be specific.Presley endured open heart surgery in September 2009. (probably better than I did!) She amazes me everyday. We strive to keep our focus on Our Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer. He is the reason we are here and the reason we continue doing what we do.